TNL Fighting Game Debate Club

[Rem]

KoF really is nothing like SF, like at all.

Any want 2 worves?

[YellerDog]

KOF seems to require somewhat cleaner execution than the SF games, turns a lot of folks right off. Shit, turns me off most of the time. Garou feels maybe a little mashy-er on the inputs than the rest of SNK's stuff (Just Defend is way easier to use than SFIII parries, too)

[Rem]

Yeah I'm just defending a bunch on accident.

[StriderKyo]

Did I stutter?

You know what I think? I think there's no way that awful MvC2 soundtrack doesn't cause brain damage after thousands of listens. It's the only thing that can explain why people are willing to have $40,000 money matches over who's better at jumping around with the X-Men.

[Razor Ramon]

Or maybe the game is not only more fun but needs more skill to be good at.

Maybe.

[Rem]

But I thought you don't play fighting games for fun, don't you play to win?

[Anthony]

Kof is very aggressive, and it can be difficult to handle that. SF, it is very easy to stay safely in your bubble, eating at worst chip here and there. That makes people get comfortable, and bring the game to a level they understand, and then they can work out of that bubble. In KOF, you can just get massacred without even finding an equilibrium (because of short hop/rolls mostly).

[Rem]

I love the hop/roll system, shit I should have bought um, I likely will. God damn it.

[StriderKyo]

KOF in its 96-98 prime was better than every SF game going at the time. '98 still has an arcade scene in Asia, which is why UM happened 10 years later. But SF Zero is a long forgotten rumour that the elderly tell stories about around their campfires.

[Anthony]

I like A2, but I wouldn't call it a good game. 2k2 is the best kof as far as I am concerned.